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• Prosperity Bancshares' (PB) Buyouts Aid Amid Pressure on NIM

  Prosperity Bancshares (PB) is well-positioned for growth given strategic acquisitions, improving deposit mix and decent loan demand. However, contracting NIM and weak mortgage income are woes.

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• Discover 3 High-CRE Bank Stocks To Sell (SA Quant)

  Regional banks overloading on commercial real estate (CRE) loans are in regulator cross-hairs. SA’s Quant Team has identified 3 stocks on the list to sell.

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• Investors should ‘be patient’ with beaten-down bank sector, buy-side fund manager says

  Bank stocks offer attractive valuations, says buy-side investor Dave Ellison of the Hennessy Large Cap Financial Fund and the Hennessy Small Cap Financial Fund.

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• Tech Stocks Lead Market Upsurge As Inflation And Fed Tightening Fears Diminish: Thursday's Market Movers

  U.S. stocks are on track to post their fourth straight session of gains on Thursday, as lower-than-expected producer inflation reports reinforced market perceptions that pricing pressures have lost their grip on the economy, potentially lessening the Fed’s need to tighten interest rates further after July. A measure of the U.S. dollar plummeted to levels unseen since mid-April 2022, while Treasury yields continued to soften as market bets on two Fed rate hikes this year collapsed. Tech was the top performing sector, with all seven S&P 500 heavyweights in the green, led by Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL), which gained 4.5%. Amazon Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) jumped 2.6% to a 43-week high after reporting record sales during its Prime Day event. Cues From The Thursday’s Session:  The S&P 500 Index rose 0.5% breaking above 4,500, the highest level since the last week of April 2022. The Nasdaq 100 Index gained 1.3% surging to mid-January 2022 levels. Blue-chip stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged 0.2% higher, while small caps in the Russell 2000 Index gained 0.9%. Index Last % Change Nasdaq 100 15,507.07 1.27 S&P 500 4,501.28 0.53 Dow Industrials 34,413.17 0.19 Russell 2000 1,949.52 0.85 Analyst Color: Analysts offered differing perspectives on the market rally. Fund manager Louis Navellier said he sees the decline in Treasury bond yields as a "very good sign,” raising the likelihood of the Federal Reserve pausing at the July meeting. "I want to assure you that everything is about to get better," he said, adding that he expects a steady improvement in corporate earnings over the next four quarters. On the other hand, Morgan Stanley’s Lisa Shalett warned of potential ...Full story available on Benzinga.com

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